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| − | Ideas for a new disk wizard:
| + | = Introduction = |
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| − | * need to distinguish between temporary/removable and permanent
| + | This is a plugin to add new disks to an Amahi HDA in a "seamless as possible" fashion. |
| − | * need to have the ability to format
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| − | * need to be able to moun or unmount
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| − | * easy to make it part of the shares (and the pool)
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| − | * should be able to unmount it/remove it?
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| − | **Yes if it is flagged as temporary storage
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| − | * it should support/recognize multiple file systems, most notably, NTFS and ext3/4, possibly FAT
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| − | = Amahi New Disk Wizard = | + | = Assumptions and Dependencies = |
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| − | 1. Format (erase) the new drive?
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| − | WARNING! This will completely erase this new drive! Make sure the selected hard drive is the drive you'd like to erase.
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| − | (No: Remember selection, then to to #3)
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| − | 2. Format using what file system?
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| − | [X] ext4: Linux format; <strong>strongly recommended</strong> for use in Amahi, or other Linux systems.
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| − | [ ] NTFS: Windows format; only use this option if you really need to be able to read this drive when it's (physically) connected directly on a Windows computer.
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| − | [ ] FAT32: Windows format; not recommended for big files; maximum size of files on a FAT32 partition: 4GB.
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| − | (Remember selection)
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| − | 3. What would you like to do with this new drive?
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| − | [ ] Mount as /var/hda/files/drives/drive#. You'll then be able to <a href="/setup?sub=shares&tab=share">create new shares</a> in that directory, to use this new drive.
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| − | [ ] (Experimental) Add it to your <a href="/setup?sub=disk_pooling&tab=share">shared storage pool</a>.
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| − | (Remember selection)
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| − | 4. Show animated 'Please wait...'
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| − | * If user asked to format, fdisk & format now, using selected file system.
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| − | * Mount new drive with: NEW_DRIVE_PATH=`hda-diskmount --silent /dev/sdX#`
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| − | (mount failed if NEW_DRIVE_PATH == "")
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| − | * If the user asked to add the drive to storage pool: do that, and if no shares have the 'Uses Pool' option enabled yet, enable it for all of them, with 0 extra copies, then restart greyhole & Samba. If some shares have 'Uses Pool' enabled, don't thouch anything there, and just restart Greyhole.
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| − | 5. Done!
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| − | * If the user asked to just mount:
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| − | ** if user asked for a format: echo Your new drive has been formatted, and is now available as $NEW_DRIVE_PATH. You can now <a href="/setup?sub=shares&tab=share&root=$NEW_DRIVE_PATH">create new shares</a> in that directory.
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| − | ** else: echo Your new drive is now available as $NEW_DRIVE_PATH. You can now <a href="/setup?sub=shares&tab=share&root=$NEW_DRIVE_PATH">create new shares</a> in that directory.
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| − | * If the user asked to add the drive to storage pool: echo Your new drive is now part of your shared storage pool.
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| − | ** if 'Uses Pool' has been enabled for all shares: echo All your shares are now using your shared storage pool. You can configure your shared storage pool in the <a href="/setup?sub=disk_pooling&tab=share">Shares > Storage Pool</a> page. You can configure storage pool usage for shares in <a href="/setup?sub=shares&tab=share">Shares</a> page. Note that the existing data in your shares (if any) will be moved into your shared storage pool starting at midnight tonight.
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| − | Attached: Required changes to hda-diskmount to support --slient and device parameters: [[File:Hda-diskmount.txt]]
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